The second kind of impossible : the extraordinary quest for a new form of matter

Summary: "One of the most fascinating scientific detective stories of the last fifty years, an exciting quest for a new form of matter. The Second Kind of Impossible reads like James Gleick's Chaos combined with an Indiana Jones adventure"--

Record details

ISBN: 9781476729923
ISBN: 1476729921
Physical Description: print
viii, 387 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm
Edition: First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Publisher: New York : Simon & Schuster, [2019]
Copyright: ©2019

Content descriptions

General Note:

Includes index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Part I: Making the impossible possible. Impossible! ; The Penrose puzzle ; Finding the loophole ; A tale of two laboratories ; Something exciting to show you ; Perfectly impossible -- Part II: The quest begins. Did nature beat us? ; Luca ; Quasi-happy new year ; When you say impossible ; Blue team vs. red team ; A capricious if not overtly malicious God ; The secret secret diary ; Valery Kryachko ; Something rare surrounding something impossible ; Icosahedrite -- Part III: Kamchatka or bust Lost ; Found ; Ninety-nine percent ; Beating the odds ; L'uomo dei miracoli ; Nature's secret.